The Johnstown Flood (1989)
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On May 30 1889 the South Fork Dam which maintained a pleasure lake for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists and their families failed due to very heavy rains and poor maintenance by the dams owners The burst dam sent a wall of water and debris 40 feet high and half a mile wide 14 miles downstream to the bustling industrial city of Johnstown Pennsylvania More than 2000 people lost their lives in the disaster This documentary tells the story and tells us that the disaster was easily avoidable
StarringLen Cariou
DirectorCharles Guggenheim
